Are you guys joking with this side quest design

Dan_the_man_126

This is by far the most absurd thing difficulty wise in a SIDE QUEST...this isn't story mode or summer of pain it's a side quest...up the middle ...u got super skrull , Korg , and terrax then annihlus as the boss....good thing I chessed it last week because this is absolutely not worth the time ...10minute fights in a side quest , Ludacris

Nojokejaym

I took down the side quest pretty easy but I understand what you’re saying when I looked at the fights I was like “is this a joke”.

Sundance_2099

Dan_the_man_126 said:

Ludacris

Leave Chris Bridges out of it.

GroundedWisdom

For the record, my former comment was a joke about the spelling of ludicrous, but I agree. I'm not a fan of the recent increased difficulty with the Side Quest.

LordSmasher

I think the new measure for successful side quests is "items used" not "player fun".

Kabam Boo

Thanks for sharing your observations regarding the side quest difficulty. We're going to bring this back to the team so they can look at their past data to see where, if any, the discrepancies are, or if there was reason for any changes. Meanwhile, thank you for sharing your thoughts. Please continue to let us know if you notice any patterns to this.

firemoon712

Honestly, I judge whether or not I'm active in MCOC with the side event.
Difficulty is a major factor of it.
I've barely touched the side event this month due to said factor.

Dan_the_man_126

I'm glad y'all got the Ludacris reference don't get me wrong I completed it but I had to restart it like three times to get thru it without revives...still used one on the boss

firemoon712

There's a simple solution.
Can we keep the 5 character limit? Forced to only use 3(2 if you take one of the Eternal 3 stars) makes it quite frustrating enough as is.
At least with 4 or 5 viable champs, when one champ dies, we're not as stressed with 4 or 5 in comparison to the 2-3 characters.
Of course it would still be brutal as heck but it's a start. Especially with that middle path.

Side note: almost every side event that has the limited character amount tends to be the least good ones(looking at you Endgame event).

ItsDamien

Personally didn’t find this week overly difficult. Majority of it was done with Mags, and BWCV with Sersi or Ikaris for their paths. Only on the two highest difficulties did I take Omega for the middle path as it didn’t need either of the two required champs.

skulpt

Nocko said:

What is most annoying this month is 100% being gated behind champions that are only really available at 3*
Meaning you’re effectively using a 2 man team to get down some fairly serious defenders

I’m trying to be respectful about it but my contempt that sort of design is very high. The cynic in me wonders what motivated this shift

People don’t want to be stressing about using revives and units on a side event.

This has been the case for a few months now. For me, the game mostly feels like it's in maintenance/whale milking mode. If it weren't for new heroes every month, this feeling would solidify even more. Most recent fights feel like "how can we make the player waste as much time and/or resources as possible" is what they're made in mind. The general laziness for most events and quests does not help either.

Trenzalore

Feels like everything coming out lately is aimed at players who try and take down end game bosses using 2 or 3* champions. They don’t care about the average player or making the game fun anymore.

Berjibs

I just had a 100+ hit fight in master while using a 6*. I mean it’s fine if the rewards justify it but they don’t.

Also this 2 man team side quest thing is fine and all but you’re running them at a point where the game is riddled with bugs making it highly likely you’ll miss a parry, get intercepted punishing a special or get stuck in the corner keep parrying instead of dexing. Chances are at that point you need to start the quest again. 🤷🏽‍♂️

But yeah 5 revives and that every 2 months. Cheers.

Kerneas

I did enjoy the first week, but this is a bit too hard

Danemo666

Nocko said:

The scaling up of difficulty in the side quests is really noticeable and rewards have not scaled up with it

I’d be curious to know why there has been such a drastic shift in this game mode if any of the moderators wish to chime in on it

A lot of players in my alliance are having difficulty and frustration with it, and I can see why having just 100% todays release

Because its not far from gifting and this makes us spend units 😂

Terry_Bollea

Korg 259 hits with a r2 Sorcerer Supreme in Cavalier

Danemo666

In all seriousness though, I agree with so many of the comments here. I definitely feel like that there has been a lot of up scaling of difficulty and AI behaviour changes. Ive played for maybe just over a year solid now and used to throughly enjoy the game. But lately I'm starting to lose my enthusiasm which is a real shame. Just finished exploring legendary for today and honestly it felt like a chore, no fun involved

TheBair123

the weirdest thing about this week is that it's all cosmics and then they just throw a korg in for fun

Crimson8399

TheBair123 said:

the weirdest thing about this week is that it's all cosmics and then they just throw a korg in for fun

There is a mojo as well

LilMaddogHT

That middle path is a marathon... I did it all with my R5 BWCV and while I didn't die, I didn't enjoy it. Did a tag team with Doom & Torch to finish off the right and left sides and those paths seemed more normal and not too lengthy. Oh, by the way - I have much disdain for the Bane node.

https://youtu.be/EANzNeTJ1dc

Kabam Boo

Thanks to those of you who continue to provide useful and helpful info. We're definitely talking about it over here!

LordSmasher

There were large threads on the difficulty of the side quests last month and we still got this.

400hp Korgs/Terraxes are going to be slogs. Last week Magneto could destroy the middle lane so it wasn't so noticeable.

K1nny

While I agree this week’s new SQ is slightly more difficult - I can see that it can be very difficult with players who have a limited roster and not the right counters. Which isn’t helpful as the crystal openings are based on RNG and it’s hard to get who you want.

I 100% this week’s SQ already using 2 champs only - 6r3 CGR and Doom. For all lanes. the middle lane in legendary was probably the most brutal, long fight - as I used doom for korg, skrull and cgr for terrax and annihilus.

CGR for all annihilus boss difficulty and the rest of the paths were either doom or CGR. I hope this helps.

Snuggzy

Yup, it sucks. There is no positive feedback to give, at all. Everything about it is burdensome and overly difficult. Fewer restrictions on the allocated slots would help (5 instead of 3), and the gated paths, certainly for the more difficult content, are pointless.

Colonaut123

What it seems to me is, is that Uncollected SQ difficulty is aimed at Cavalier players., while Legendary SQ difficulty is for those at Thronebreaker level. Even Master difficulty seems to have shifted a tier higher. You also have these massive jumps in PI. If you're Uncollected and you cannot take hard defenders with a PI over 30k, you're forced to do only Master difficulty. It's absurd.

Wozzle007

I always thought side quests were supposed to be a bit of fun. An enjoyable romp that gives a few decent rewards. I think Kabam have forgotten how to do side quests as they seem to be overly tedious, overly complicated or incredibly over tuned and more difficult than ever. We all like a challenge but this isn’t fun content at all.

Remember when we used to have mutant island, or the squirrel store. These type of side events were great. We don’t need to have OP rewards but the difficulty were perfect and the events were fun.

The fun aspect of the game is really being strangled away.

LordEmperorSloth

This side event with Gate 's champ is just a nosense.

Someone probably used revive and potions to finish it... And will never get back.. .